Earl
Lewis to become EVP & provost, July 1: Earl Lewis, dean
of the Horace H. Rackham School of Graduate Studies at the University
of Michigan, will become Emory’s first African American provost
on July 1. Lewis was nominated by President Jim Wagner on March
2, then confirmed by the Board of Trustees the next day. Partly
because of 20-year-old perceptions—he almost joined Emory’s
faculty after earning his doctorate in 1984—Lewis said at
first he was hesitant about pursuing the position, but the search
committee and Wagner won him over. “There was this sense
that, if I took a good look at Emory, it may be a place I could
comfortably call home,” Lewis said. Photo
by Martin Vloet at University of Michigan Photo Services.

Emory
Profile: Mike Mandl: Mike
Mandl, executive vice president for finance and administration, joined
Emory’s senior leadership team last July and since his arrival
has worked to embed himself in the campus. “I learned how deeply
people are committed to their work at many different kinds of jobs,” he
says, reflecting on meeting Emory employees at an ongoing series
of meet-and-greets he is attending with President Jim Wagner. “There
is a lot of loyalty and commitment to this place, and there is optimism
for the future.” Photo
by Kay Hinton.